Welcome to the home page of our Minnesota NORML website.
Our Mission…
To repeal Prohibition laws; so responsible adult marijuana users no longer suffer criminal penalty.
We are the consumer’s voice, demanding freedom. Would you like to join us?
Minnesota NORML
Minnesota NORML is a non-partisan Minnesota Nonprofit with 501(c)(4) status. It is the Minnesota Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Our goal is legal marijuana in Minnesota for responsible adult use. Minnesota marijuana laws must change. Minnesotans should have equal rights to cannabis as to beer and wine. So this means age 21 and older; and no possession quantity limits, the same as beer and wine. And it means legal small batch home production.
Prohibition will not be over until every law criminalizing possession of marijuana is repealed. The alcohol Prohibition is over: no criminal penalty exists for possession of any quantity of beer, wine or spirits, no matter how large or how much.
No one asks: “Why do you need so many bottles of wine in your wine cellar?” or “Do you have a license to possess thirty 16 gallon kegs of beer for your daughter’s wedding?” No good excuse exists for prolonging criminal Prohibition, or arresting people for possession.
Home grow is essential. Ending marijuana prohibition is only incidentally about marijuana. But it is really about personal freedom. And Minnesota NORML wants to empower the People, support Liberty for all. So with legal home grow, anyone can grow their own cannabis for medicinal or personal use with little money.
Now, all the major polls show majority support for legalization of marijuana (and a super-majority for medical marijuana). So why – in a democracy – is the will of the People not yet enacted into law? If our elected representatives lack political courage to do the will of the People; then we say “Let the People Decide!
Amend Minnesota Constitution
Bills in the Minnesota legislature would place a constitutional amendment on the general election ballot. And so, finally, the People can legalize marijuana for responsible adult use, like beer and wine. Even politicians unwilling to support legalization should be able to support democracy, the vote and “allowing” the People to decide. Minnesota NORML supports these Bills.
Minnesota NORML meetings
Join our members as we continue to work on building a popular movement to legalize cannabis for adults. We are organizing our activist network throughout the State of Minnesota, across the political spectrum, and to consumers and non-consumers alike.
Minnesotans who responsibly use cannabis deserve, at minimum, equal rights to cannabis as to beer and wine. This includes your right to grow cannabis in your home; just like your right to brew beer and wine at home. We must expand legal home grow sanctuary, and unregulated, untaxed cannabis for the free people of Minnesota.
And those of us who don’t enjoy marijuana, should not have to pay the costs in blood and treasure of the Prohibition laws. We should not have to pay for misdirected law enforcement and incarceration. And we should not have to put up with the violent crime these laws create. Minnesota Cannabis Laws
How soon will marijuana be fully legalized?
In Minnesota, since 2023, the “use” of marijuana is legal, as well as possession of a small amount. But Prohibition persists, with possession crimes. Possession of more than a small amount is still a crime in Minnesota, including a felony crime, with arrest, prison, and every evil of Prohibition. How will we know know when marijuana Prohibition is over in Minnesota? We’ll know when possession of marijuana, cannabis, THC, is never a crime regardless of quantity — the same as with possession of any quantity of beer, wine and alcohol spirits.
At Minnesota NORML we often hear people ask “how soon will marijuana be fully legalized?” Not soon enough. Full legalization is not inevitable. If only democracy was that easy!
So what is the answer?
That depends. How soon will you get involved. Would you put money and volunteer time, towards making it happen? Most of us have a special skill. Could you use yours to help advance legalization in Minnesota?
Because the truth is, together we can do it.
We have earned advantages: a supermajority of public support for full legalization.
Organizing the majority
But we need more than soft support for our Liberty issue. We need you to get involved, get active, and join us via Minnesota NORML. Have fun, and do things to get legalization in Minnesota.
We can organize the entire state of Minnesota, right down to the Senate District and County level.
And we can develop leadership in everyone who support our common cause.
Be a Member of Minnesota NORML: Strength in Numbers
That is what we are doing at Minnesota NORML.
Won’t you join us? Go to our join page to become a member!
